Publication details
Path space formulation of the BFV theorem
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| Year of publication | 1998 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | NATO ADVANCED SCIENCE INSTITUTES SERIES, SERIES B, PHYSICS |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Theoretical physics |
| Keywords | GENERALIZED CANONICAL QUANTIZATION; GAUGE-THEORIES; 2ND-CLASS CONSTRAINTS; FORMALISM; SYSTEMS; RENORMALIZATION; BOSON |
| Description | We describe gauge fixing at the level of virtual paths in the path integral as a nonsymplectic BRST-type of flow on the path phase space. As a consequence, a gauge-fixed, nonlocal symplectic structure arises, Restoring of locality is discussed. A pertinent anti-Lie-bracket and an infinite dimensional group of gauge fermions are introduced. Generalizations to Sp(2)-symmetric BLT theories are made. |